Grandpa says: Confidential to MLO: I understand your situation. Your family is, however, reaching out to you. Your true friends have your back. You are blessed. In so, you are a blessing to those around you. Keep your faith strong. Have a very Happy Birthday. Grandpa, My youngest sister is...
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August 9, 2018 Dear editor; I want to thank mayor Richard Irvin and the Aurora aldermen for facilitating all the National Night Out activities that were held throughout the city Tuesday evening, August 7. I personally attended the event at the First Hmong Church on Lebanon Avenue, in Bill Donnell’s...
August 9, 2018 Dear editor; Having abundant, American energy, and a clean environment are not mutually exclusive. Americans on every side of the political divide should come together to find responsible solutions to our energy issues. Americans want to be able to heat their homes, drive their cars, and power...
August 9, 2018 Dear editor; Once again the school children in the Aurora area are in debt to a great company: Affordable Roofing. In Aurora it provided much needed school supplies for the school children. We offer a big thank you to Affordable Roofing Company. Jim Miller Aurora...
August 4, 2018 Dear editor; The Glenbard (West) High School Class of 1953 will celebrate its 65th reunion at The Holiday Inn and Suites in Carol Stream on Glenbard West’s Homecoming weekend, Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22. The Class of 1953 will have a casual get-together both evenings...
Grandpa, I want to thank you and The Voice newspaper. I just got out of prison two weeks ago. While inside, my mother was sending to me copies of The Voice every week. I like your advice you give to people in prison about taking all the self-improvement classes such...
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July 23, 2018 Dear editor; Most of us who use electronic banking and paperless payment systems take the ease of those systems for granted. But if you’re an Illinois physician who treats injured workers under the Illinois workers’ compensation system, you’ll be using the technological equivalent of an abacus to...
August 6, 2018 Dear editor; U.S. senator Dick Durbin recently introduced a bill to crack down on flavored tobacco in e-cigarettes. He believes big tobacco is marketing to kids with flavors such as cake batter, whipped cream, and gummy bears. As a mother and grandmother, I applaud his efforts. But,...
Grandpa, I live in a house that has been divided into three small apartments. I suspect that when the landlord divided the house, he wired it so that he gets free electricity by tapping into the power of the two rental units. My electric bill is very high for a...
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July 21, 2018 Dear editor; Have you been duped by Donald Trump and his state media? No? Well, congratulations. Me neither. Is that proper English? I’m not sure if it would or wouldn’t be, but let’s move on. Are you willing to compromise your values in order to align with...
By Dr. Claudio Ruiz – We all are becoming very much aware of the changes that are taking place in our planet. These changes include positive discoveries and ways to make life better and easier. However, at the same time there has been an increase of negative conditions that in...
Grandpa, I moved to (the Fox River Valley) from (the West Coast) right after high school. I had been offered a good job. I am still at the same job nearly 11 years later. My dad had told me at the time that I would never succeed and I was...
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July 17, 2018 Dear editor; Holy Angels School, 720 Kensington Place, Aurora, a STEM specialty school rooted deep in faith and recognized for academic excellence, will be host to its annual prospective parent open house at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1. Attendees will be able to register for the 2018-2019...
July 22. 2018 Dear editor; I wish that those who negatively refer to the quarters for the children of the illegal detainees would quit looking out of their navels and go back to their history classes. My uncle Sterling was a staff sergeant in the Army in Europe during World...
“Hillbilly Elegy” A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a book by J.D. Vance. My mother was a hillbilly. Let me say upfront that she did not view that term as derogatory. Born in Tennessee and raised in West Virginia, her father, Christopher Columbus “Lum” Austin, was...
Grandpa, Years ago, when I was a teenager, I heard a song on the radio about a guy who worked in a bank. He loved one of the tellers, but she ran off with the bank president. I never did find out who the name of the song or who...
